Monster (band)

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monster
General information
origin Stockholm, Sweden
Genre (s) Ska , skapunk
founding 1994
resolution 2000
Last occupation
Wendin is different
Trombone , singing
 Viktor Brobacke
Drums , vocals
 Glenn Sundell
Trumpet , singing
 Christoffer Roth (krille)
Keyboards , vocals
 Per Nyström
Saxophone , vocals
 Gustav Bendt
former members
Saxophone, vocals
 Alexander Roth
Guitar, vocals
 Peder Åkerman

Monster was a Swedish Ska - Soul - Punk band from Stockholm, which existed from 1994 to 2000.

Band history

Monster met in Stockholm's pub scene. The members were all fans of early British punk, bands like The Clash and Buzzcocks , but also the reggae and ska scene like Lee Scratch Perry , but also American soul music from Motown and Stax .

The first release was the Extended Play Honor Your Friends . A few more singles and EPs followed. In 1997 the debut album Rockers Delight was released on MVG Records . The band also opened for The Hives .

The second album Gone Gone Gone / A Bash Dem was finally released in 1999 via the Swedish punk label Burning Heart .

After a concert on June 19, 2000 at the Hultsfred Festival , the band surprisingly announced their breakup in front of about 1500 spectators.

After the dissolution

The band's singer, Anders Wendin , is now known as Moneybrother . Gustav Bendt, the former saxophonist and background singer also plays for Moneybrother. Other members of the band are active with The Concretes .

Discography

Albums
  • 1997: Rockers Delight (MVG Records)
  • 1999: Gone Gone Gone / A Bash Dem ( Burning Heart )
Compilations
  • 1998: A Brief History of Monster (Startracks)
Singles / EPs
  • 1995: Honor Your Friends (EP, Deaf & Dumb Records)
  • 1996: Debbie / Keep Up… Try Some More (Single, Dolores Recordings)
  • 1996: Looking for a Fight (EP, Startracks)
  • 1997: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Picture-7``, Apersand Records)
  • 1997: You'll Be Sorry (Maxi-CD, MVG Records)
  • 1999: Ain't Getting Nowhere (Single, Burning Heart)
  • 1999: Choose Me Again (single, Burning Heart)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Monster on Burning Heart ( Memento from October 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Christina Lee: Best of What's Next: Moneybrother. Paste Magazine, November 6, 2009, accessed May 23, 2018 .